Taft

<p><strong>A <em>New York Times</em> Notable Book</strong></p><p><strong>As resonant as a blues song. . . . Expect miracles when you read Ann Patchett's fiction.--<em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p><strong>An ex-jazz drummer wants nothing more than to be a good father in this moving family novel by the <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author of <em>The Dutch House</em>.</strong></p><p>When John Nickel's lover takes away his son Nickel is left only with his Beale Street bar in Memphis. He hires a young waitress named Fay Taft who brings with her a desperate dangerous brother Carl and the possibility of new intimacy. Nickel finds himself consumed with Fay and Carl's dead father--Taft--obsessing over and reconstructing the life of a man he never met.</p><p>A stunning artistic achievement <em>Taft</em> confirms Ann Patchett's standing as one of the most gifted writers of her generation and reminds us of our deepest instincts to protect the people we love.</p>